This from Spieth is the best shot of the Masters

Luke Kerr-Dineen

USA TODAY Sports

Jordan Spieth hit his ball into exactly the wrong spot on Augusta National's 10th hole on Saturday. Standing 198 yards away in the middle of the fairway, Spieth pulled his iron shot long and left of the green. A few feet longer, and it would've ended in the pine straw.

With the green sloping away from him and running lightning quick, commentator Nick Faldo talked about how difficult the shot was. The only way to play it, he said, was to fly it into the hill so it pops up softly, and then releases down to the hole.

But Spieth didn't do that. Instead, he took a route that moments earlier seemed impossible. He flew it high into the air, landing it so soft and with so much spin that it died as soon as it hit the turf.

Here's how it ended up.

He saved par and, in doing so, ratcheted-up the momentum as he surged up the Saturday leaderboard.